Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-02-01
HE GOT A GUN.
WARN RECEPTION GIvRN oUrL AVIS
IN NORTH CAROLINA.
Two Out Of Three Dead-Legislativs
Notes Interesting to Insurance.
Mtn-Bingham, Again.
(spoc.al telegram TO tho Dispatch.I

and called Tor tne proprietor. Nncn
Williams presented himself the men de-
mafided his money and safe-key. He
told them that the key was in his room.
When he went to get the key he got
gun. loaded it with buckshot, and fired
the front door. One of the out
laws was killed instantly, and another
was fatally shot in the thigh. The third
nan fed uninjured. The men were
strangersin those parts, andthe wounded
man refused to give their names or
homes. II. b. L. are the letters en-
grayed on the dead mans pistol. The
wounded man has died. He declined
to make any revelation whatever.
BIEGHAM-AGAIN.
The impression has been made upon
some persons that Governor Scales had
information in regard TO the actual
whereabouts of Walter Bingham which
he would not divulge. The Governor
emphatically denies having any know
ledge whatever of the whereabouts OF
Bingham, and authorized the statement
that such an impression was absolutely
false, with no shadow of truth In 1t
whatever
This afternoon Michael Dulfin, a
tailor. was taken to the stltion-hOuse
suffering from two wounds in the back,
which. it is charged, were inflicted by
his brother, Patrick Oufiin, also a tailor.
The latter was locked up. The character
of the wounds is not yet known.
LEGISLATIVE.
The sessions of both the Senate and
House began at 3 o'clock this after
noon. and under the new rule only pri-
vate local bills were taken up. In the
Senate only one bill of special impor-
lance was introduced. That was to re-
peal sections and of the insurance
law of 1885. These sections are ~ fol-
lows:
Section 4. That the provisions of
Chapter 80 OF the Code, entitled "ln-
surance," and Of any law amendatory
of the same, shall not apply to any con-
tract of insurance made outside the
limits of the State between citizen OF
this State and any insurance company.
Section 5. That no clause or pr0yl-
sion in any policy of insurance against
fire issued upon real or personal pro
perry in this State shall be constructor
held to prevent or limit the liability OF
the insurance company or person IN
surfing to pay the actual value OF pro-
pertv destroyed at the time of the de-
-truction, or the actual damage thereto
in case or partial loss to the amount OF
the insurance thereon actually paid for
by the insured: Provided, that this act
shall not apply to losses or damages
already incurred, which shall be gov
nrned by existing laws: provided, fur
tier, that this act shall not prevent the
insertion Of what is usually termed the
value clause, whereby, IN
the event of loss or damage, the com
pany shall not be liable for more than
of the cash market value
not exceeding the amount of said pol
lev, this provision not applying to par
tial losses.
A bill passed the Senate for the re-
Ieief of T.. Il. Outlaw, sheriff of Berthe
county, who lost the school fund by the
failure of the Exchange National Bank
at Norfolk.
CAPE-FEAR AND YADKIN-yALLRY.
In the Senate tomorrow the bill for
the extension of the time for com
pleting the Cape-Fear and Iadkin-Val-
lev railway comes up as the special or
der, and will cause lively debate. 1t
viii pass, President Gray tells me.
in the House tomorrow Mr. Pinnox
Republican, will Introduce bill to
reduce the tax to 20 cents on the 500
of valuation, and to increase the school
taxes from II! to l6s cents on pro-
perry, and from 37l to 80 cents on
poll.
BOUNDARY.
W. d. Pruden, commissioner on the
part of this State on the boundary sur
vcy between North Carolina and Vir-
ginia, YVES here to-day and had long
interview with Governor Scales.
President Bryan, of the Atlantic and
North Carolina railway, was here to-day,
and told me he had Just purchased 900
tons of steel rail, half for immediate
delivery and the remainder at the
earliest possible moment.
THE RAILwAY-C COMMISSION BILL
comes up at noon tomorrow IN the
lower house of the Legislature as a
special order. The debate on 1t will be
interesting, and will attract many per
sens. 1t appears that the bill will pass
There may be some slight notifications,
but the bill is thought to be quite care
fully drawn.
AN EXCELLENT LAW.
Judge Walter Clark said to your cor
respondent: "That law i'll regard to
the prompt certifying of Supreme-Court
opinions to the lower courts is very I'M
portant and proper one. 1t will save
much delay, and oftentimes hardship.
1t provides that opinions shall be certi-
fed by the clerk Of the Supreme Court
to the clerks of the Superior Court the
first Monday in each month. The for
mer law is that opinions shall be certi-
fed down after each term of court.
The House has passed this bill as it
came from the Senate, and it is now law.
RAILWAY NEWS.
1t has been decided that the new rail
way to Carthage will leave the Raleigh
and Augusta Airline at Southern
Pines As has been stated, work on
the line will begin very soon. 1t will
be quite point for Southern Pines,
which is already becoming quite a
hourishing little place, and bids fair to
be q popular resort. A number of
northern people are now there, and
they give direct testimony of the value
of the climate, &c, in cases OF lung
trouble. Southern Pines now boastsof
two new hotels and weekly paper, the
Pinc-Knot, perhaps as odd "A name IS
that borne 10y any journal in the coun-
try.
A DESERVED PROMOTION.
The appointment of General'W. r.
Cox to be Minister to Turkey, which is
announced as quite certain, gives par
ticular pleasure. While he is not uni
versally popular as q congressman he
is regarded as a fine type of man
honest, faithful, and attentive to his
duties. His selection gratifies every
body. General Cox is, by the way, a
bright and shining example of "luck. ="
He is always lucky, always favored by
fortune. in peace as in war, and his life